Sun Xiao goes on alert at Jack's words and his longsword leaps into his hands as he scans the area.
Azor hears Jack's information and scans the area.
"So Jack what are these crows for? Are they border markers, or part of a spell?"
"I believe it's meant to be a warning: If the fey get their hands on us, we can expect a fate similar to that of the crows."
Azor grimaces briefly then smiles and says
"Well it is certainly impressive that they caught so many crows."
and there are certainly worse fates than death
"If the fey want to lay their hands on us, they'd best be prepared to lose them."
Jack loads his crossbow with a dry chuckle. "Well said, Sun Xiao."
"Maybe w-we could get some s-sleep before we f-fight them? Preferably somewhere warm?"
Suddenly out of nowhere, three tiny arrows arc towards the group, striking Sun Xiao, Chloe and Azor! While they don't really hurt much, the arrows bring with them a chill that numbs the area around where it struck.
Edit: Forgot Initiative and Perception.
As Sun Xiao looks around for the source of the arrow, he catches a glimpse of a tiny winged humanoid ducking behind a tree branch. His eyes lock with the creature, and its eyes narrow maliciously. The sprite smirks and jerks his hand at Sun Xiao, an unmistakable gesture that says 'Come and get me'.
Sun Xiao staggers back from the icy chill of the arrow, and yells at his companions.
"The fey are here, there's one hiding behind that tree!"
He reaches into his bandolier and pulls out a flask of Alchemist's Fire.
Ghulassen does the thing that he always has done to Inspire Courage into his teammates, but this time with a tambourine solo.
The 'shika shika shika' of Ghulassen's tambourine fills the forest, and his allies feel a bit more heartened.
Chloe fires off an arrow towards the nearest of the winter fey.
Chloe's arrow arches through the air and catches the fae in the shoulder. It grimaces a bit, but stays up, hovering in the air.
Azor casts vigor on himself, giving himself 5 temporary hp
Jack shoots an Energy Ray at the closest fey.
Then he takes out his flask of alchemist fire.
The wave of fire engulfs the fae, who screams in agony as its flesh crackles and shrivels. After a moment, it collapses to the forest floor, clearly dead. The smell of its burnt skin wafts over to you, the sickly sweet smell providing a stark contrast to the normal, piney smell of the forest.
As the last embers of Jack's attack die down, a shriek of terror erupts from the brush. You see four or five points of light come from various bushes, all of which scatter off into the distance as the remaining fairies flee for their lives in the wake of the fire. After a few moments, the forest returns to its normal silence.
"I'm t-tired. Can we find somewhere to sleep, maybe?"
Sun Xiao watches the lights fly off and tries to make sure they're gone. Satisfied they are for now when the quiet returns, he relaxes somewhat.
At Chloe's words, Sun Xiao gives Chloe a scathing look.
"We just woke up, Chloe. We've barely covered any ground today so far. You may sleep if you wish to, but I'm not inclined to wait up for dead weight, and I doubt the others are either."
"I think Chloe is hypothermic Sun. We do need to keep moving, butwe should stop earlier today. I'd rather not have to cut off frostbitten fingers"
Azor Takes out his blanket and wraps it around Chloe.
After taking a moment to quietly revel in his small victory, Jack joins the conversation.
"I agree with Azor. Aggravating Chloe's condition to squeeze out a few more hours of travel won't do us any good."
He offers his blanket to Chloe as well, reasoning that he probably won't need it for a while.
"That being said, we shouldn't stay here any longer. There's a chance the fey will return with reinforcements."
Smiling at Jack and Azor as she pulls the proffered blankets over her shoulders, Chloe says "T-thank you. But we should p-probably find a place away from here a bit before making camp."